Motivation, Tasks, Attitudes: The Influence of Motivational Pre-Task Strategies on Tasks Performance and Tasks Engagement

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 113 - 128, 01.07.2017

Mohammad Reza Hasannejad Masoud Zoghi Hanieh Davatgari Asl

Öz

Motivation is widely accepted by both teachers and researchers as an important
variable that may affect students’ rate and success when it comes to second/foreign
language learning. However, a relatively small number of empirical studies exist on
how listening tasks, where learners do something with the information they have
extracted from the text, can be influenced by manipulating as well as generating the
initial tasks motivation in educational contexts. To this end, this study compared the
performance of 72 participants on post-treatment listening tasks and tasks
engagement questionnaire over five treatment sessions: one group with motivational
pre-task strategies instruction and the other with no pre-task strategies instruction
whatsoever. The results from the independent samples t-test showed that
motivational strategies instruction proved to be beneficial for improving the
experimental group students’ tasks performance and facilitated their tasks
engagement as well. The information collected supplied a more informed image and
additional evidence of the probable link between the initial task motivation and task
success.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Listening task performance, Motivation, Pre-task strategy, Task engagement

Kaynakça

• Alperer, S. N. (2005). The impact of choice provision on students' affective engagement in tasks: A flow analysis. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Bilkent University.